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eNews articles provide general information only and should not be used as authority in court proceedings or as a substitute for legal advice. Please check the date an article was posted. We do our best to keep our website up to date, but older articles may not reflect current information.

Posted to: Help | 07/11/2017

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Posted to: Other Topics | 24/10/2017

People appeared without lawyers in BC Provincial Court 134,358 times in 2016/17. These “self-represented litigants” or “SRLs” face huge challenges that lawyers need to understand, but they also provide opportunities for lawyers to fulfill needs that aren’t being met.

Posted to: Court, Other Topics | 10/10/2017

For the last 33 months the Provincial Court of BC has posted an eNews article on its website every week. That’s a total of 142 short news articles on a wide range of topics related to the Court’s work, its judicial officers’ activities, initiatives that help people resolve disputes or navigate the justice system, and efforts to improve the system!

Posted to: Other Topics | 03/10/2017

Jason lived a comfortable middle class life until he and his wife, Maria, separated. She was angry and not interested in peacefully working out a separation arrangement for parenting and dividing their assets. With family financial support, Maria hired a lawyer. Jason couldn’t afford one, so he tried to manage the court process on his own.

Posted to: Court, Help | 26/09/2017

When people don’t have a lawyer to represent them in court, they may want to have a support person sit beside them during their trial to provide emotional support, take notes and organize documents.

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